Average Rating: 8.5/10
Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1955 Wide
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Average Rating: 3.9/5
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Music professor Alec Guinness rents a London flat from sweet old lady Katie Johnson. He tells her that, from time to time, several other musicians will visit in order to rehearse. In truth, Guinness can't play a note, nor can his visitors: he's a criminal mastermind, holding court over a gang of thieves, including the likes of punkish Peter Sellers, homicidal Herbert Lom and punchdrunk Danny Green. The gang uses Guinness' flat as headquarters as they conceive a daring 60,000 pound robbery. After
Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy
Jan 1, 1955 Wide
Sep 10, 2002
All Critics (27) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (0) | DVD (13)
Delightfully foolish.
Nothing else like it.
As directed in a kind of damp, gray color palette by Alexander Mackendrick the film is one of the richest and most carefully-paced of the Ealing comedies.
Director Alexander Mackendrick ... reached a masterful apex of sorts with this wickedly hilarious movie's precise balance of situational comedy and stark murderous callousness.
Anchor Bay's DVD release ... is another gorgeous transfer (anamorphic 1.66:1) of nearly flawless source material. The Technicolor tones are sharp and strong....
worthy to see heavily maked-up Guinnes and pre-panther Sellers.
Most of the slapstick set pieces warrant a polite smile rather than a hearty guffaw.
Ridiculously funny dark comedy. Guinness is having way too much fun.
O delicioso humor negro é ainda mais ressaltado pelas ótimas performances de todo o elenco - em especial, de Guinness e Johnson.
Not as entertaining as the remake I felt, but was good to be able to compare the two, especially with the location differences as well.
April 4, 2007Super Reviewer
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